Comment on Ask HN: Probability that Chinese intelligence backdoors consumer electronics?parentComments−theoryofxOP1y"these exploits that need a human in the loop to deploy -- I'd be more worried about who you let near your electronics "These devices are flashed in factories in China and receive firmware updates over the air from China. There's no human required."you need a human analyst to listen to the interception. Perhaps a second to translate it."Have you missed out on this new "AI" thing everyone is talking about?−firefax1yThese devices are flashed in factories in China and receive firmware updates over the air from ChinaThe updates often come from US based FTP servers.Have you missed out on this new "AI" thing everyone is talking about?Still need an intelligence officer to act on the data -- takes time.−theoryofxOP1y"The updates often come from US based FTP servers."Almost never FTP and it's not a significant difference if the Chinese company uploads it to S3 and the device downloads it from there.
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"these exploits that need a human in the loop to deploy -- I'd be more worried about who you let near your electronics "
These devices are flashed in factories in China and receive firmware updates over the air from China. There's no human required.
"you need a human analyst to listen to the interception. Perhaps a second to translate it."
Have you missed out on this new "AI" thing everyone is talking about?
The updates often come from US based FTP servers.
Still need an intelligence officer to act on the data -- takes time.
"The updates often come from US based FTP servers."
Almost never FTP and it's not a significant difference if the Chinese company uploads it to S3 and the device downloads it from there.